Portugal (1521-57) real

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Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 23501
Portugal SB120-23501r.jpg

This specimen was lot 23501 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "PORTUGAL. Real, ND (1521-57). Porto Mint. Joao III. NGC EF-45. This wondrous specimen, yielding some charming toning and a good deal of underlying luster, would appear to be rather conservatively graded in the opinion of this cataloger. Some light ghosting is noted on the obverse, but the strike is otherwise extremely solid."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 3.53 g.

Catalog reference: Gomes-81.01.

Source:

  • Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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